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Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Humble Comics Bundle - The Boys Are Back

I thoroughly enjoyed the first few seasons of The Boys and have yet to read the comics. I've heard the comics are even better and more disturbing than the Amazon Video series. If so, this is going to be a fun read ;)

The Boys Are Back is currently available at Humble Bundle for 18 bucks for 12 graphic novels and 8 comics (or just get the first graphic novel for a buck).

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Monday, July 3, 2023

Humble Bundle - The Boys Versus Project Superpowers

The Boys is one of the best series available on demand (I'm also enjoying The Witcher, which just returned for a third season). The Boys Versus Project Superpowers Bundle gives you one hell f' of a number of graphic novels for 18 bucks - 24 individual titles. Another Humble Bundle I'll be all in with...

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Wednesday, September 2, 2020

Humble Bundle -The Boys versus Project Superpowers

If I've learned anything from my recent hospital stays its that digital comic books look amazing on a tablet and are a great way to pass the time. Strangely enough, all of my digital comics have been acquired via various Humble Bundle offerings. The price is just too good to pass up.

The latest Humble Bundle Comics Bundle is The Boys vs Project Superpowers. Yes, the same The Boys as seen on Amazon. Yep, I'm all in :)

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Why "Swords & Wizardry?"

Believe me when I say I have them all in dead tree format. I have OSRIC in full size, trade paperback and the Player's Guide. I have LL and the AEC (and somewhere OEC, but I can't find it at the moment). Obviously I have Basic Fantasy RPG. Actually, I have the whole available line in print. Way too much Castles & Crusades. We all know my love for the DCC RPG. I even have Dark Dungeons in print, the Delving Deeper boxed set, Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea. BOTH editions of LotFP's Weird Fantasy and some dead tree copies of the Greyhawk Grognards Adventures Dark & Deep

I am so deep in the OSR when I come up for breath it's for the OSR's cousin, Tunnels & Trolls

So, out of all that, why Swords & Wizardry? Why, when I have been running a AD&D 1e / OSRIC campaign in Rappan Athuk am I using Swords & Wizardry and it's variant, Crypts & Things, for the second campaign? (Actually, now running a S&W Complete campaign, soon to be with multiple groups)

Because the shit works.

It's easy for lapsed gamers to pick up and feel like they haven't lost a step. I can house rule it and it doesn't break. It plays so close to the AD&D of my youth and college years (S&W Complete especially) that it continually surprises me. Just much less rules hopping than I remember. (my God but I can run it nearly without the book)

I grab and pick and steal from just about all OSR and Original resources. They seem to fit into S&W with little fuss. It may be the same with LL and the rest, but for me the ease of use fit's my expectations with S&W.

Even the single saving throw. That took me longer to adjust to, but even that seems like a natural to me now. Don't ask me why, it just does. Maybe it's the simplicity of it. At 45 52, simplicity and flexibility while remaining true to the feel of the original is an OSR hat trick for me ;)

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